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LOS  ANGELES 


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By  JAMES  E.  MUNSON, 

OFFICIAL  STENOGRAPHER,    NEW   YORK  SUPREME   COURT. 


I.  The  Art  of  Phonography. 

A  Complete  Instructor  in  the  Best  Method  of 
Shorthand  for  All  Kinds  of  Verbatim  Work, 
with  the  Author's  Latest  Improvements.  New 
revised  edition.  12°  ....  $2.00 

II.  A  Shorter  Course  in  Munson  Phonography. 

Adapted  for  the  Use  of  Schools  and  for  Self- 
Instruction.  12°  .  .  .  .  $1.25 

III.  Munson's  First  Phonographic  Reader. 

Business  Correspondence  written  in  Phono- 
graphic Characters.  Prepared  for  Use  in  Con- 
nection with  "The  Art  of  Phonography  "  and 
"A  Shorter  Course  in  Munson  Phonography." 
12°  .......  socts. 

IV.  Munson's  Phonographic  Dictation  Book. 

Business  Correspondence. 

Longhand  Key  to  Munson's  First  Phonographic 
Reader  12° Socts. 

V.  Dictionary  of  Munson  Phonography. 

(In  preparation.) 


G.  P.  PUTNAM'S  SONS,  NEW  YORK  AND  LONDON. 


Munson's 

First  Phonographic 
Reader 


Business  Correspondence  Written  in  Phonographic  Characters 

Prepared  for  Use  in  Connection  with  "The  Art  of  Phonography  " 

and  "A  Shorter  Course  in  Munson  Phonography" 


By 

James  E.  Munson 

Official  Stenographer  N.  Y.  Supreme  Court 


G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons 
New  York  and  London 
Iknfcfcerboc&er.  press 
1907 


COPYRIGHT,  igo4 

BY 
JAMES  E.  MUNSON 


Published,  January,  ig°4 
Reprinted,  August,  1906;  July,  1907 


Ube  *nicfeet-bocfeer  press,  flew  fort 


INTRODUCTION. 

To  aid  the  learner  in  understanding  certain  things  that 
will  be  met  with  in  reading  the  phonography  of  this  series 
of  business  letters,  and  which  may  not  be  readily  obvious 
to  an  inexperienced  phonographer,  the  notes  given  below 
are  presented  for  study. 

Familiarity  with   System.  —  It  should  be  borne  in 

mind  always  that  in  order  to  become  a  successful  short- 

hand writer  one   must  become,   in   a   practical  way,  so 

^  thoroughly  familiar  with  the   principles   of  the   system 

i£i  of  phonography  that  constant  or  even  frequent  reference 

^  to  a  dictionary  or  to  the  instruction  book  for  word-forms 

2;  will  not  be  necessary,  but  that  the  writer  will  be  able  to 

i«  decide  upon  and  make  the  proper  outlines  of  words  and 

~*  phrases  at  once  and  without  hesitation. 

Speed  and  Legibility.  —  In  regard  to  speed  in  writing, 
**•  and  facility  in  reading  one's  notes,  the  author  strongly 
43  urges  upon  learners  the  necessity  of  paying  attention  to 
5  excellence  of  phonographic  penmanship.  Swiftness  of 
writing  should  only  be  sought  in  connection  with  accuracy 
u  and  perfection  of  outline  —  never  through  a  dashy  and  in- 
h  exact  manner  of  writing.  Many  phonographers  fail  of 
j2  success  from  neglecting  to  observe  these  directions. 

"  Bill-of-Lading."  —  A  useful  form  for  this  phrase  is 


Breve-yay  for  Syllable  "  U."—  The  syllable  £  at  the 
beginning  and  end  of  outlines  is  usually  written  with 
breve-yay  (Noid  or  Moid),  as  in  the  outlines  of  utility, 
eulogy,  nephew,  value,  etc.  But  in  the  middle  of  outlines 


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it  need  not  always  be  inserted.  Thus,  annual  may  be 
written  N-Noid-L/  or  N-L/,  annually  N-Z,1,  manual  M-N- 
Noid-I/  or  M-N-IA  See  S.  C.  par.  122. 

"  Building." — The  word  building  when  used  as  a  noun 
is  written  Bld(')3.  The  verbal  form  is  B3-Ld('). 

Compound  Words. — When  compound  words  cannot 
be  joined  conveniently  they  may  be  written  as  separate 
words.  See  train  master  (letter  No.  37)  and  over  esti- 
mated (letter  No.  112). 

Days  of  the  Month. — In  writing  the  days  of  the 
month,  use  the  figures  only,  omitting  the  stems  D,  Nd,  TH, 
and  St,  in  such  dates  as  "23d,"  "22nd,"  "lyth,"  <(2ist," 
etc.  But  in  transcribing,  the  letters  d,  nd,  th,  and  st  re- 
spectively are  usually  inserted.  In  taking  the  notes,  how- 
ever, the  first  three  days  of  the  month  are  best  written 
phonographically;  thus,  January  first  J'-N  Fst,  February 
second  F2-B  sKnd,  September  third  sPt'-M  THrd2. 

Dollar  mark  ($)  Omitted. — When  sums  of  money 
consist  of  dollars  and  cents,  if  the  figures  representing 
cents  are  raised  a  little,  or  a  line  is  drawn  under  them,  the 
dollar  mark  may  be  omitted.  See  examples  in  letters 
Nos.  15  and  31. 

Full  Outlines  instead  of  Abbreviations. — When  a 
word  that  is  usually  written  with  an  abbreviation  is  pre- 
ceded by  to,  if  it  is  put  in  the  fourth  position,  in  some 
cases  it  is  better  to  use  its  full  outline,  as,  to-advertise 
Dv4-^?-Tz,  to-change  CH4-N-J.  This  remark  applies  only 
to  such  abbreviations  as  lose  their  distinctiveness  when 
written  out  of  their  ordinary  positions.  Thus,  abbrevia- 
tions may  be  used  in  the  fourth  position  in  such  phrases 
as  to- discriminate,  to-form,  to-help,  to-manufacture ,  to-repre- 
sent,  etc. 

"Hall,"  "Whole,"  "Hill,"  etc.— In  the  outlines  of 
words  composed  of  consonants  h  and  /,  either  alone  or 
followed  by  consonants  t,  d ,  tr,  or  dr,  as  hallt  haul,  hauled, 


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halter,  whole,  hole,  hold,  holder,  hill,  heal,  healed,  held,  etc. , 
two  forms  are  permissible,  either  the  stem  H  with  /-hook 
(HI)  or  the  breve-h  with  L  (Toid-£);  it  being  optional 
with  the  writer  which  shall  be  employed.  The  author, 
in  his  own  practice,  always  using  a  pen,  prefers  the  stem 
H  with  /-hook;  but  many  phonographers,  especially  those 
who  use  pencil,  find  it  easier  to  use  Toid-Z,  in  such  words. 
In  some  phrases  Koid-L,  or  Toid-I,  is  employed,  as  in  the 
outlines  of  City-Hall,  down-hill,  etc. 

How  to  Write  Fractions. — In  writing  fractions  con- 
siderable time  is  saved  by  omitting  the  dividing  line  be- 
tween the  upper  and  lower  figures;  thus,  \,  \,  \,  etc. 

"  Ing  "  after  Abbreviations. — The  general  rule  is  that 
ing  added  to  abbreviations  is  written  with  a  dot  (S.  C. 
par.  148).  But  when  the  last  stem  of  the  abbreviated  out- 
line is  the  same  as  that  of  the  full  outline  it  seems  natural 
and  is  therefore  allowable  to  use  the  stem  Ing  instead  of 
the  dot,  as  in  forming  F'-M-NG,  hearing  R9-NG,  having 
V'-NG,  etc. 

"  Inst."  for  "  Instant." — When  the  word  instant  in 
the  dictation  is  shortened  to  inst. ,  the  abbreviation  Nst 
should  be  used.  If  the  dictator  says  "  instant,"  the  full 
outline,  Ns-Tnt,  is  employed. 

"  Oil." — When  standing  alone  the  word  oil  is  best  writ- 
ten with  the  abbreviation  Poid-Lee.  Joined  after  other 
words  either  the  form  oi-L  (S.  C.  par.  102)  or  I,  or  L 
without  vowel  may  be  used,  according  to  which  joins  best. 
See  outlines  in  letters  Nos.  22,  42,  57,  115,  etc. 

"  Per." — The  writing  of  per  by  P--/?,  as  heretofore  done 
in  the  phrases  per-cent  and  per-annum,  may  be  extended 
with  advantage,  to  such  phrases  as  per-pound,  per-inch, 
per-dozen,  etc. 

Proper  Names  Abbreviated. —  Generally  when 
proper  names  are  abbreviated  in  dictation  the  amanuensis 
should  abbreviate  their  outlines  accordingly;  writing  Kl1 


vi  PHONOGRAPHIC  READER 

for  "Cal."  (California),  N'-J  for  N.  J.  (New  Jersey), 
etc. 

To  Phrase  or  not  to  Phrase. — While  the  joining  of 
outlines  in  phrases,  to  a  reasonable  extent,  is  a  valuable 
feature  of  phonography,  practical  writers  do  not  feel  that 
they  are  under  obligation  to  use  all  the  phrases  that 
authors  and  teachers  prescribe  for  them.  The  amount  of 
phrasing  that  is  desirable  varies  with  different  phono- 
graphers,  different  speakers,  and  different  subjects. 

Then,  again,  no  phonographer  will  at  all  times  phrase 
in  exactly  the  same  way.  Therefore,  in  this  Reader  the 
phrasing  is  not  uniformly  the  same.  For  instance,  the 
words  on  hand  are  sometimes  joined  and  sometimes  writ- 
ten separately;  the  phrase for-us  is  written  F'-S,  F2  S  and 
Fss,  etc.,  for-another  Fnthr"  or  F3  Nthr,  because-you  Kz1- 
Noid  or  Kz'-Y.  In  real  work  no  one  should  ever  stop  to 
think  whether  to  make  a  phrase  or  not.  If  the  phrase 
does  not  suggest  itself  on  the  instant,  write  the  words 
separately.  As  shorthand  writers  sometimes  put  it,  try 
to  "  get  there  "  in  some  way. 

Change  of  Form  to  Facilitate  Phrasing. — Some- 
times the  usual  outline  of  a  word  may  be  changed  in  order 
to  secure  a  good  phrase  ;  as  last-week  (see  letter  No.  52), 
by-mail  and  return-mail  (see  letters  Nos.  109  and  124). 

"  R.  R."  for  "  Railroad."— When  the  word  railroad 
is  dictated  "R.  R."  the  stems  R  R,  written  close  together, 
form  a  good  abbreviation.  See  letter  No.  124. 

"  To  com  (or  con)." — When  a  word  that  begins  with 
com  or  con  is  written  in  the  Fourth  Position  it  should  also 
as  a  rule  be  placed  close  to  the  preceding  outline  to  indicate 
the  com  or  con.  See  like-you-to- conduct  (letter  No.  37), 
gone-to-considerable  (letter  No.  112). 

"  Would-say"  and  "  We-say." — These  two  phrases 
are  distinguished  by  writing  Soid3-S  for  would-say  and 
W'-S  for  we-say. 


INTRODUCTION.  vn 

"You"  and  "Your." — Standing  alone  you  is  written 
with  the  breve-yay  and  preferably  with  Noid3,  and  your 
with  the  stem  Yay3.  But  in  phrases  both  words  may  be 
written  with  either  breve-yay  or  the  stem  Yay,  according 
to  convenience.  When,  however,  it  is  necessary  to  dis- 
tinguish between  the  two  words  use  the  breve  for  you  and 
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